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Contents

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LOCAL ARTISTS
DESIGN & DECOR
4 Bay Dreams
10 Botanical Touch
12 Rooms To Love: Designing the Next Era
14
Dialogue Between Past and Present
15
Putting Your Best Lawn Forward
16
Local Artists: No Place Like Home
18
A Frame Shop Large Enough to Deliver
20
Where Architecture, Art and Life Meet
22
The Art of Getting It Right
KITCHEN & BATH
28
Crafting Kitchens That Last
30
Designed. Delivered. Direct.
BUILDING & RENOVATION
34
Built for the Life Ahead
40
Key Essentials of Course
of Construction Insurance
42
Building With Intention
44
Vision and Craftmanship Intertwined
46
At the Center of It All
49
Rhode Island Monthly’ s 2026 Design Awards
58
Where Design Meets Accountability
60
Open-Air Living, Perfected
HOME NECESSITIES & TECHNOLOGY
63 For Your Plumbing and HVAC Needs 64 The Big Move
ON THE COVER: Jamestown’ s Dumplings House, with landscaping by Dennis Staton of Design Outside, took first place in the Outdoor Space / Landscape category in the 2026 Rhode Island Monthly Design Awards. See story on page 49. Photograph by Anthony Crisafulli Photography.

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BUILT FOR THE LIFE AHEAD

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BAY
DREAMS

FEATURES

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2026 DESIGN AWARDS
PHOTOGRAPHY:( TOP) COURTESY OF DIDEM KOKTURK;( MIDDLE) TONY LUONG PHOTOGRAPHY;( BOTTOM LEFT) GREG PREMRU PHOTOGRAPHY;( BOTTOM RIGHT) WARREN JAGGER PHOTOGRAPHY.
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